Image Resize

Why has wordpress changed the way images are re-sized and spaced? I cant figure out how to do it on this new version. No matter what size I put in the scale menu the images do not change size when the post is updated.

An update was made that fixes issues where scaling or restoring an image wouldn’t update the inserted image. Right now, scaling only works when the image is inserted at the full-size (not medium, thumbnail, etc). More updates will be rolling out over the next few days!

I also want to add my vote for going back to image scaling percentages! I had a system perfected for quick editing and now I can't get the new editor to match my previous work. (I was trying to update my portfolio page to match the photos already on that page - guess I'll have to wait for another day off to mess with settings.)

And my biggest complaint is the missing "open in new window" check box! I like the option of choosing how things will open on my blog when people click things, especially photos! Please bring that option back.

Not only that. For our blog we actually scaled-up quite often by hand-adjusting the pixel rates in the images. It worked perfect and we've always been complimented for the appearance... And it's just a regular Blaskan theme. If we can't scale up and feature screen-wide images, we can't really maintain the visual template we've already set.

I fully trust these problems will be solved soon. It doesn't make any sense to lose features that worked fine. Otherwise we'll be obliged to abandon WordPress.com hosting and self-host with an .org install.

Thanks everyone for the feedback. One thing to keep in mind is that you can also now resize the image directly in the visual editor by dragging the little boxes that surround the image after the image is selected.

@gcorne I actually noticed the resize nodes very first thing and was prepared to be happy with the new changes, but the resizing only showed in the visual editor. When I preview the page, all the changes I made in the editor don't show up and everything's still HUGE.

I don't want to update my page and risk the new stuff being the wrong size. I'll just wait a few weeks before trying to update and hope all the bugs get worked out before then. (I saved my html as a file on my computer so I can mess with it later.)

"Thanks everyone for the feedback. One thing to keep in mind is that you can also now resize the image directly in the visual editor by dragging the little boxes that surround the image after the image is selected."

Hi Gcorne, like brookewilkerson the resizing only appears for me in the visual editor, once I preview or post the image goes back to the smaller size.

Please, please, please bring back the percentage option, I too have my blog optimised for large photos, this is a mess!

Just a note to those finding the image is "unable to scale"... you have to be sure to insert the image at FULL SIZE first, then the scaling will work. If you put it in as "Thumbnail" or "Medium", the scaling does not work.

I am working on a post for my blog now. I usually add my images from a URL and not from my media gallery and using the scale bars works fine. I hope we will be able to still do the advanced options like open links in a new window and add borders to images with whatever this new setup turns out to be.

I also did a preview and the image was scaled as I had it set in the editor.